One man, one vote. He is the man, and he has the vote.

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• mercano@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

  — Terry Pratchett, Mort

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  • thejoker954@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Always love seeing a Discworld quote in the wild. There’s so many good ones.

    GNU Terry Pratchett

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  • PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was hoping someone would catch the reference :p

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    • SirSamuel@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My mind instantly went there <3

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• Gork@sopuli.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I like doing North Korea mode in Crusader Kings. My thralls must vote for me because they are all behind bars.

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• PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Explanation: Under feudal systems, most established and best defined (though as with all things in academia, contested) in medieval Europe, power is held by a small group of unelected hereditary nobility who rule over lower-ranking vassals, some of whom, themselves, have vassals under them.

  However, some feudal systems DID have elections! Some even for electing the monarch himself!

  … wherein only the highest nobility would actually have a vote.

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  • Selvari21106@mastodon.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    @PugJesus See: the "Holy" "Roman" "Empire"

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    • negativenull@piefed.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

      -Voltaire

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